Anchored in the Himalayan–Tibetan continuum and extending across Inner and Central Asia, TransHimalaya asks how developments in Tibet continue to shape wider regional and international dynamics.

The journal explores the historical, political, economic, cultural, social and strategic consequences of the People’s Republic of China’s control over Tibet, and examines how developments there — including the policies of the PRC — bear on the region and the world beyond it.

By bringing together rigorous scholarship, policy-relevant analysis and regional voices, TransHimalaya provides a forum for examining critical issues, emerging challenges and long-term trends affecting Tibet and Asia’s upland regions. Bridging research and practice, it offers a credible platform for informed dialogue on strategy, culture and change across one of the world’s most consequential yet underexamined regions.

Guiding principles

• Intellectual independence and academic integrity
• Analytical depth over advocacy
• Evidence-based argumentation
• Respect for regional diversity and sensitivities
• Constructive engagement with complex issues

In each edition

• Editor’s Note
• Strategic Foresight
• Recommendations
• Tibet Monitor
• In Focus — articles woven around the theme of the edition
• The Strategic Triangle — India, Tibet and the PRC
• Regional and Global Perspectives — Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia, Southern Mongolia, East Turkestan, and Chinese and other international experts
• Youth Voices
• In Conversation with Leaders
• Dreshey — data and visuals

Published by

TransHimalaya is published by the Foundation for Non-Violent Alternatives (FNVA), a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation working on Tibet, China and the Himalayan frontier from an Indian policy perspective, and printed by Academic Foundation.

The journal is directed by its editorial team, guided by its Governing Council, and written by contributors from across the region and beyond.

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